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CORSET Filed Deo; 51, 1936 -WHHUJII{IHMHMHHHHHHT Jan. 4, 1938.

Patented Jan. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CORSET Application December 31, 1936, Serial No. 118,453Y

2 Claims.

`Lacings are the preferredmeans for adjusting corsets to iit the bodies of their wearers but laced corsets have been subject to the objection'thatv ythe smoothness of the garments was impaired. Elastic panels have been substituted for lacings but they lac'k the positive adjustability required` for perfect sitting, and usually undesirable looseness develops after the garment has been worn for a while, due to stretching of the elastic panels.

'Ihe main object of this invention is to provide means, such as lacings, for positively adjusting the width of the corset to t the ligure .of the' wearer; to provide means for opening and closing the garment adjacent said adjusting means; and to provide means for concealing the. adjusting means and the adjacent closure, while retaining the full .advantages ofthe adjustmentafforded by positive adjusting means, whereby the garments are rendered exteriorlysmooth and laterally taut.

As shown in the drawing, our invention preferably is embodied in a front lace, side-front opening corset. Any desired form of back construction n'ay be used.

In the drawing:

Fig. l is a perspective View of a corset embodying our invention, as viewed from the front when the garment is partially closed.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken' in the plane of the\ line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

In that embodiment of the invention which we have chosen to illustrate in the drawing, the front of the garment comprises a central section consisting of fabric panels I0, II, and I2, thev vided with hooks I8 and eyes I9, respectively,"

and when said hooks and eyes are engaged `with eachother, the combined width of thepanels II and I2 is equal to that of the panel I0. Preferably a ap 20 is stitched to the panel I2 to underlie the eyes I9.

The side panels 2| and 22 of the corset are (Cl. 2-37 l stitched to -or integral with the back 23 which may be of any desired construction. The body is preferably made of non-elastic material. Elastic inserts may be provided if desired. The panel f III of the center' section is stitched. at 24 -to the side panel 2| and the panel I2 is stitched 'at 25 to the side panel 22.

u Overlying the face of the center front section is an apron which is laterally elastic. Preferably it consists of two non-elastic panels 26 and 28 and an intermediate elastic panel 21, sewed vtogether in a suitable manner. The side edge of the panel 26 which is removed from the panel 2l is sewed to the side panel 2| of the corset body by the stitches 24 which also connect the center front section to the side 2| of the corset. lThe side edge of the panel 28 which is removed from the panel 21 is providedv with fasteners 29 of the slide fastener type, adapted .to engage s im- `ilar fasteners 30 on a narrow strip 3l stitched to the side 22 of the corset body by the same stitches 25 which also connect the centerl front section to the side 22; and 30 are engaged by means ofthe slide member 32, the apron (panels 26, 21, 28, and 3l) overlies and conceals the center front section of the corset body inwhich are located the adjusting laces I1 and closure means I8, I9. The said fastener means 29 and 3 0 are engageable and disengageable throughout their length, so that the When theI fasteners 29 all elastic apron of the substantial width shown,

because the latter'would be likely to stretch to an undesirable degree. The minimum width Aof the apron, when unstretched, does not exceed the ywidth of the underlying panels I0,`I I and I2, when Y l the 'lacing-connected panel I0, II has been adjustedv to" its intended minimum Width. '1 The apron is capable of stretching to the degree required for covering said panels I0, II and I2 and 'intermediate lacings and fastener devices, when the lacings are adjusted to the intended maximum width. Before donning the garment, the slide fastener devices 29 and 30 and the hooks and eyes-I8 and I9 are disengaged. After the garment has been placed into' proper position about the body of the wearer, the hooks and eyes are engaged, the lacj stretchable material including a center front sec-l ings I1 are adjusted and then the apron is drawn taut by causing the slide fastener devices 29 and 30 to be engaged by actuation of the slide member 32. It will thus be seen that by locating the fastening means l-lbetween the lacings I1 and the slide fastener 29 the first mentioned fastenings must be first closed to thereby relieve tension on said slide fastener during the opera` tion thereof.

'I'he word corset as used in the appended yclaims .is intended to include corsets and combination corsets and brassires, also referred to as foundation garments.

Changes may be made in details of construction without departing from the scope of our invention and we do not intend to be limited to the exact formV shown and described, except as set forth in the appended claims.

We claim:-

1. A corset having a body of substantially nontion comprising' two panels provided with eye-- letted strips at their proximate edges, lacings for adjustably connecting. said panels together, a third panel, fastening means on one of the first mentioned panels and on said third panel for de- Vtachably connecting the proximate edges of said panels together, an apron comprising two nonelastic and an intermediate transversely elastic panel stitched together at their longitudinal edges, the free longitudinal edge of one of said non-elastic panels of the apron ybeing permanently secured to the outer surface of the corsetbody near one side of said center front section, and the free longitudinal edge of the other non-elastic panel of the apron being provided with fastenersrkof the slide fastener ype, a narrow strip having slide fasteners stitched to the corset body near the other side of 'said center front section, said first mentioned fastening means being located between said laic-y 2. A corset having a body of substantially nonstretchable material including a center front section comprising two panels provided with eyeletted strips at their proximate edges, lacings for adjustably connecting said panels together, a third panel, fastening means on one of the first mentioned panels and on said third panel for detachably connecting the proximate edges of said panels together, an apron transversely elastic having one longitudinal edge permanently se-A cured to the outer surface of the corset body near one side of said center front section,slide fasteners on the opposite longitudinal edge of the apron, and slide fasteners on the corset body .near the opposite side of the front section, said first mentioned fastening means being located between said lacings and said slide fasteners, whereby said first mentioned fastening meansv must be first closed to thereby relieve tension on said slide fasteners during operation thereof, and said slide fasteners being adapted for engagement with each other for drawing the apron taut in a position overlying the center front section of the corset body and concealing said l-acirTg and the fastening means connecting the panels which constitute said center front.

I CHARLES yH. S'CHOPBACH.

LILLIAN BABCOCK. 

